As the mother river that gave birth to Chinese civilization, the Yellow River has played a non-negligible role in all Chinese dynasties. Relying on this river of life, it has nurtured countless Chinese people. And around this mother river, there are also countless battles.

Usually relying on this Yellow River as the dividing line between the two countries, everyone seems to be safe. As soon as the Yellow River freezes the ice, the Fanbang army, which is greedy for the abundance of the Song Dynasty, will cross the Yellow River and plunder.

Every time the Yellow River freezes, the people living on the border will feel helpless. But this year, with the arrival of Cho Hyo-seok, a very thorough policy of clearing the border and defending against the enemy was implemented.

In previous years, some border people who had no ability to protect themselves could only take refuge in those nearby tile villages for a while, or simply find a deep mountain to burrow into. This year, they were all taken to the nearby city by the border army for resettlement.

As long as each of them sends some strong laborers to work on time every day to repair the city, they will receive the corresponding food. It's enough for a family to live in the city, and they don't have to worry about going hungry without money.

This kind of treatment, which has never been experienced, makes the border people feel that the imperial court has finally seen their suffering. Finally, I plan to do it and clean up those wolf-like Fanbang cavalry.

Today, the border residents of Qinfeng Road can exchange for food for the whole family by paying some physical labor. With shelter and food, what do they care about? Compared with drilling deep into the mountains, their safety factor is undoubtedly much higher this year.

As the news of the freezing of the Yellow River spread throughout the cities, those border residents could also clearly feel that there were many more city guards patrolling the streets at ordinary times. The number of soldiers who defended the city walls at night also increased by a few points than usual.

Some of the corresponding defensive supplies. They also began to move to the city walls one after another, in preparation for the arrival of war. This kind of atmosphere of the coming big war made some construction teams that were still reinforcing the city also began to work overtime day and night. It will add more hope for the people in the city, so that there will be no tragedy of the city being destroyed and people dying.

Compared with the tense atmosphere in the cities, Zhao Xiaoxi quickly gathered his cavalry generals after receiving the battle report of the freezing of the Yellow River. The order for the cavalry to leave the city was announced, and Zhang Tingguang was left to be responsible for the defense of the city.

In addition to maintaining a hundred-man cavalry in each city, it was used for transmitting information and orders. The rest of the cavalry will be taken away by Cho Hyo-seok this time. According to the judgment he made with Zhang Tingguang. This year, the Western Xia soldiers entered the country, and they must have come for Lanzhou City.

Zhang Tingguang, who personally made the city of Lanzhou, cooperated with the Tongyuan Army and the city defense army, and nearly 30,000 combatants were stationed in the city. All they have to do is: Use this city to attract the attention of the Western Xia cavalry. Consume a part of their living power.

When the time comes. Zhao Xiaoxi led a large force of cavalry to kill, and in one fell swoop surrounded and annihilated the Western Xia cavalry who had entered the Song realm under the city of Lanzhou. As for Zhao Xiaoxi at this moment, he went out with the cavalry. It also acts as a clearance team.

As long as the Western Xia cavalry dares to divide their troops, Zhao Xiaoxi, who gathers a team of troops, can rely on this 10,000-strong cavalry team. Most of the Western Xia cavalry will be annihilated until the final decisive battle with the Western Xia people in Lanzhou City.

Regarding Zhao Xiaoxi's command of the cavalry army out of the city, Zhang Tingguang had no opinion. He knew very well, although he also wanted to go out of the city and fight the cavalry of Western Xia. But he is his deputy, and guarding Lanzhou City is equally important. Cho Hyo-seok left him behind, which is also a kind of trust in him.

When the gate of Lanzhou, which was not opened at all at night recently, was once again opened in the dead of night. A cavalry team that rested during the day drove out of Lanzhou City in an orderly manner. They went out of the city this time, and they did not return to the city until the war ended.

Looking at the cavalry brigade in the distance, Zhang Tingguang could only wish them a smooth trip. He instructed the commander of the Tongyuan Army, who cooperated with him in the battle, to immediately start the combat readiness of Lanzhou City.

No one will be allowed to go out without his signature. In addition, the number of patrol teams in the city will be doubled at night, and any military and civilians who dare to make trouble at such a critical point will be severely punished.

Lu Dazhong, the commander of the Tongyuan Army, worked with Zhang Tingguang through this time, and he also knew this deputy commander of the cavalry. used to be the commander of Yanmen Pass, and he was indeed higher than him in the award calendar.

As the deputy general of defending the city this time, Lu Dazhong knows very well. After Zhang Tingguang finished this battle, it is very likely that he will be reinstated. No matter how bad it is, he, a trusted general of the minister, has an unlimited future in the imperial army.

Making friends with such a promising military general is also very important to Lu Dazhong. There is a saying that 'there are people in the court who are good officials', and they can't get the approval of Zhao Xiaoxi, but they can get the approval of the cronies and generals around him. In the future, Lu Dazhong will naturally be more comfortable in his position as commander of the border army.

Lu Dazhong, who has this mentality, naturally does not dare to be slack off in the slightest about Zhang Tingguang's military orders. The temporary order was quickly arranged. And Lanzhou City, with the departure of the cavalry, fell into silence again.

After leaving the city, Zhao Xiaoxi, who faced the moonlight, immediately commanded nearly 10,000 cavalry. Stationed a hundred miles away from Lanzhou City, a long-built valley cavalry battalion. This will be the location of Cho Hyo-seok's headquarters before the battle.

After entering the barracks, Zhao Xiaoxi ordered the troops to enter the barracks to rest. Every Thousand Riders knows that they will wait until tomorrow when dawn comes. From here, they would receive orders and go to various battlefields to fight bloody battles against the Western Xia cavalry.

After Zhao Xiaoxi left the city ahead of schedule and entered the field camp, the information about the movements of the Western Xia army will also be sent here as soon as possible. At that time, Zhao Xiaoxi, according to the information detected, will order the defenders of each city to defend.

With the arrival of dawn the next day, the Western Xia cavalry battalion, which also gathered tens of thousands of cavalry, was engaged in a war mobilization together. As soon as this mobilization order began, it meant that the feast belonging to the Western Xia cavalry had begun.

Helian Tieshu, who had already tried the freezing situation of the Yellow River in the early morning, directly told these commanders. In this battle, the people of the Song Dynasty must know that the land of Lanzhou belongs to their Western Xia.

If you don't want to work hard and lose money, this land of Lanzhou is still handed over with interest. And if you want to do this, you need to rely on them, the cavalry commanders, to tell the defenders and people of the cities in Lanzhou. It is an extremely terrible thing to stay on this territory.

The fanning words naturally caused the cheers of the Western Xia cavalry. With Helian Tieshu, he handed over a branch order to his generals, and also realized that Lanzhou was in a period of war.

These cavalry teams, numbered in units of 1,000 cavalry, would be responsible for clearing the Song fortresses in the border areas. The direct attack was open on all sides, and tens of thousands of border troops in Lanzhou City were transferred to support.

As for Helian Tieshu, he will lead the largest force of cavalry, after the battle begins. Raid Lanzhou City, and strive to take the largest border city in Lanzhou in one fell swoop.

According to the previous agreement he reached with the lord of Western Xia, as long as Helian Tieshu led his troops to take Lanzhou City. Assemble the Western Xia army on standby, and send reinforcements into the city to garrison, swallow Lanzhou City directly, and then fight with the Song Dynasty.

To put it bluntly, the lord of Western Xia knew very well in his heart that he did not dare to fight a national war with the Song Dynasty at will. The Song Dynasty would not either, for the sake of a city, to fight a national war with the Western Xia.

As long as the Song Dynasty reacted, taking Lanzhou City formed an established fact that it was controlled by Western Xia. The lord of the Western Xia Kingdom had faith. Let the Song Dynasty swallow this dumb loss. After all, Lanzhou City was lost before, and the Song Dynasty also took advantage of the civil strife in Western Xia.

Returning the way of others is the reason why the lord of Western Xia agreed with Helian Tieshu to lead tens of thousands of cavalry to attack and harass the Song Realm this year. As long as this frontier position that landed in the Song Dynasty is taken, the land of Helong is almost the meat of Western Xia's mouth.

When the Western Xia wanted to swallow it, the Song Dynasty would be tired and coping. This means that with the frontier position of Lanzhou, Western Xia does not have to wait for the Yellow River to freeze every year. When you want to harass the Song Dynasty, it all depends on the mood of the lord of Western Xia.

The battle order was issued, and the 1,000-strong Western Xia team full of confidence followed the orders received. Successively from the various sections of the Yellow River, rapid infiltration into the country.

And with the entry of these thousand-man cavalry of Western Xia, the fortress of the transportation arteries around the Yellow River. As in previous years, it quickly ignited dozens of miles away. The wolf smoke that can be seen in the sky declares that the border has officially entered a state of war.

For the old cavalry who had entered the Song Dynasty to loot before, it was very clear that this would hardly work. Because at such a moment, the border army, which was already overstretched in numbers, could not send troops to support.

Only those cities with fortifications will consider sending troops to help them in the event of a crisis. Therefore, I think that when entering the Song Realm, it should be a good choice to take a fortress and open a blade first.

The thousand-man cavalry generals who led the team immediately gave the order to attack these fortresses. I hope to get off to a good start and warm up for their subsequent attacks on those cities.

Looking at these thousand-strong cavalry troops, they once again set their fierce eyes on the fortress. The regimental training troops, who no longer have many worries, are also under the command of the border troops stationed here, using shield defense tactics to carry out counterattacks.

Those stone throwers assembled using the principle of levers also began to play a role in intimidation, attacking these Western Xia cavalrymen who originally thought they were easy to bully.

In the face of the resolute defense of the fortress regiment training army, which was weak in the past, these thousand-man cavalry team naturally hit one head. Even some of the thousand-man cavalry officers who were annoyed and angry felt that the training of these fortress regiments was too uninteresting.

When they were preparing for a collective battle, they were persuaded by some officers who knew the task they were taught. For a fortress village that does not have much oil and water, it pays too much vitality to delay the next task of harassing the cities of Lanzhou. I'm afraid they won't be able to eat and walk around!

In the end, every thousand-strong cavalry general who suffered a small loss on the fortress remembered this fortress that made them hit a big head.

It was decided that when the army returned to the division in victory, these fortress regiments that could not run away would be trained and killed without leaving a single chicken and dog. It's just that they don't know that this time they have already embarked on a road of no return! (To be continued......)